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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, September 21, 2016 MLB Happ gets 20th win, Jays take over irst AL wild-card spot By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — J.A. Happ became the major leagues’ second 20-game winner and Russell Martin and Michael Saunders each hit a two-run homer, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners 10-2 on Tuesday night to move into irst in the AL wild-card race. Toronto took the lead with an eight-run fourth inning and moved a game ahead of Baltimore. Detroit remained 2 1/2 games behind the Blue Jays. Seattle lost for the fourth time in ive games and trail Toronto by four games. Happ (20-4) allowed two runs, six hits and a walk over ive innings, striking out eight while winning for the 14th time in his last 15 deci- sions. He’s the irst Toronto Toronto Seattle 10 2 pitcher to reach 20 wins since Roy Halladay in 2008. Martin and Saunders each homered off Hisashi Iwakuma (16-12) during the Blue Jays’ big inning. After catcher Chris Iannetta misplayed Jose Bautista’s pop foul for an error, Bautista singled with one out and Martin followed with his 20th home run. Troy Tulow- itzki singled and Saunders followed with his 24th homer to put Toronto up 4-2. Kevin Pillar doubled and Ezequiel Carrera chased Iwakuma with an RBI single. Devon Travis greeted reliever Nick Vincent with a bloop single down the right-ield AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners players, including Franklin Gutierrez, left, sit in the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Seattle. line, scoring Carrera from irst to make it 6-2. Josh Donaldson walked and Edwin Encarnacion capped the inning with a two-run double. Donaldson opened the sixth with his 35th homer and Encarnacion added an eighth-inning solo homer, his 42nd, for the inal two runs. The Mariners took a 2-0 lead in the third when Robinson Cano lined a two-run triple off the knee of second baseman Travis that caromed all the way into the right-ield corner. Shawn O’Malley reached on a one-out bunt single and moved to second when Travis couldn’t ind the handle on Guillermo Heredia’s inield single. Both runners advanced on a double steal and came home on Cano’s triple. TRAINING ROOM Mariners: RHP Taijuan Walker had no issues after taking a line drive off his pitching arm in the irst inning on Monday night. “He feels ine. There’s nothing there,” manager Scott Servais said. MARINERS AFFILIATE MOVES Seattle will have two new minor league afiliates in 2017. The Mariners announced a two-year agree- ment with the Arkansas Trav- elers in the Double-A Texas League and a four-year deal with the Modesto Nuts in the Class A California League. Arkansas replaces Jackson, which won the Southern League title. Modesto replaces Bakersield, which was contracted from the California League. UP NEXT Blue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez (13-2, 3.17 ERA) gets the start in the afternoon series inale at Safeco Field. Sanchez is 2-1 with a 4.65 ERA and four no decisions in his last seven starts. He lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his last start, giving up six runs on ive hits. Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (11-6, 3.79) allowed six runs — ive earned — and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings in his last start, a 6-0 loss vs. Houston. He is 7-2 in 12 starts since coming off the DL (right calf strain) on July 20. PREPS: Weston-McEwen unable to match Culver’s intensity in loss The TigerScots (11-8, 0-1 CBC) will host Stanield on Thursday at 6 p.m. Continued from 1B victory and then lost a close second set 26-24 before battling to take the third set 25-23. But the Buckaroos couldn’t hold on to the momentum after taking the 2-1 lead, as The Dalles roared back to win the inal two sets 25-19 and 15-9. Lapp said she was proud of the team’s offensive improvements overall on Tuesday. “Our entire offense really had a great night tonight, the Dalles was always right there to pick up the ball and send it back.” Pendleton next plays at Hermiston on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. PILOT ROCK 3, HEPPNER 0 — At Pilot Rock, strong serving continued to pace the Rockets, which won their third match in a row with scores of 25-22, 25-13, 25-23 on Tuesday in Columbia Basin Conference action. Shayla Walker had four of the team’s 11 aces and added six kills for Pilot Rock (10-4, 2-0 CBC). Grace Austin added a team-high seven kills. “Heppner is defensively sound, I have to give them that,” said Pilot Rock coach Elainna Howland. “We committed too many errors tonight that resulted in a close score. We will reel those errors back in and get ready to battle against Culver on Thursday. “In the end it will come ECHO 3, NIXYAAWII 0 — At Echo, the Cougars served for 35 aces to beat the Golden Eagles 25-7, 25-8, 25-8 in an Old Oregon League match on Tuesday. Marti Huff had 13 of those aces to go with a team-high four kills, and Echo served 67 for 74 as a team. Hannah McCarty added three kills. Nixyaawii (0-3, 0-1 OOL) is in just its second season as a program, and hosts Cove on Thursday at 5 p.m. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Ali Schroeder (2) and Maddi Muilenburg (7), of Weston-McEwen, go up for a block during Tuesday’s game against Culver in Athena. down to the team who executes the most, and has the least amount of errors. We will be ready for them.” First serve in Culver is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Heppner (8-8, 0-2 CRC) will plays Dufur and Perry- dale in Dufur on Friday with the irst match at 2 p.m. IRRIGON 3, RIVER- SIDE 0 — At Boardman, Irrigon opened its irst season in the Eastern Oregon League with a win on Tuesday and beat Riverside by scores of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-19. “My girls did awesome at the serving line and covered very well,” Irrigon coach Laura Combes said before adding, “We still have some areas to work on.” Freshman Emma Combes led the Knights (10-6, 1-0 EOL) with eight kills, six digs and seven assist, and tied the team- high with three blocks. Taylor Davis and Jada Burns also had three blocks, and Mckenzee Wilson added four kills. Irrigon’s next game is Thursday when it hosts Umatilla at 5 p.m. Riverside (3-9, 1-1) will host non-league opponent Waitsburg (WA) on Thursday at 5 p.m. CULVER 3, WESTON- MCEWEN 1 — At Athena, TigerScots head coach Shawn White was expecting his team to give the visiting Bulldogs a run for their money, but came away wanting more after their Columbia Basin Conference opener went to Culver by scores of 25-15, 17-25, 25-19, 25-17. “Culver brings a ton of energy and they just wanted it a little bit more than we did tonight,” he said. “We’re going to have to execute better and we’re going to have to step up. “Culver did a good job and we’ve to improve to get up to their level.” No statistics were reported. ECHO 3, HELIX 1 — At Echo, the Cougars snagged their second Old Oregon League win of the day over the Grizzlies with scores of 25-22, 21-25, 25-18, 25-21. Hannah McCarty led Echo (15-3, 4-0 OOL) on the attack with 12 kills and ive aces, and Alyssa Ray added another 12 kills. Marti Huff inished with seven kills and three blocks. “We tried to keep (Helix) out of system as much as we could,” said Echo coach Janice Scott. “Our girls did a good job of if they couldn’t get a good attack, they’d set the ball deep to keep them out of system.” Helix (9-5, 1-2) was led by Sadie Wilson with nine kills, ive coming during their second-set win. Next up for Helix is a non-league home game against Elgin on Friday at 5 p.m. Echo will host league opponent Pine Eagle on Friday at 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER IRRIGON 14, DAYTON (WA) 0 — At Irrigon, the Knights earned their third- straight shutout to open the season and cruised in a non-league win on Tuesday. Isaac Estrada scored four goals and added two assists, and the Knights (3-0) got two goals each from Alejandro Alvarez, Ruben Barrera and Pedro Maciel. The scoring started right away as Ruben Torres got them on the board in the second minute when he converted a header off a cross by Barrera, then Oscar Armenta made it 2-0 less than a minute later when he bounced a cross off the far post and in. Coach Paul Keefer said it was a classic team win with strong defense leading to good transitions and a well-balanced attack. “We found out what happens when we spread the ield, we make good passes and we play unselishly,” said Keefer. Irrigon’s next game is Saturday when it opens league play Riverside at 1 p.m. ——— DHS 0 0 — 0 IHS 8 6 — 14 Goals 2’— Ruben Torres (Ruben Barrera) 3’— Oscar Armenta 12’— Isaac Estrada (Oscar Armenta) 15’— Alejandro Alvarez 16’— Pedro Maciel 22’— Isaac Estrada (Alejandro Alvarez) 26’— Clemente Resendez (Isaac Estrada) 28’— Isaac Estrada (Clemente Resendez) 52’— Alejandro Alvarez 60’— Pedro Maciel 62’— Isaac Estrada (Ruben Barrera) 70’— Ruben Barrera (Isaac Estrada) 72’— Sylvestre Vasquez 74’— Ruben Barrera SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Regis at Stanield, 6 p.m. Pendleton at Ridgeview, 7 p.m. Summit at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Portland Christian at Umatilla, 7 p.m. Imbler at Heppner, 7 p.m. Union at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m. Pine Eagle at Echo, 7 p.m. Touchet (WA) at Ione, 7 p.m. Mitchell at Arlington, 7 p.m. Saturday Irrigon at Coeur d’Alene (ID) JV, 1 p.m. Mac-Hi at Riverside, 6 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Thursday Umatilla at Irrigon, 5 p.m. Waitsburg (WA) at Riverside, 5 p.m. Cove at Nixyaawii, 5 p.m. Mac-Hi at Baker, 6 p.m. Stanield at Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian (Hood River), 6 p.m. Dufur at Arlington, 6 p.m. Pilot Rock at Culver, 6:30 p.m. Pendleton at Hermiston, 6:30 p.m. Friday Heppner at Perrydale, TBD Heppner at Dufur, 2 p.m. Pine Eagle at Echo, 4 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 5 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 5 p.m. Elgin at Helix, 5 p.m. Umatilla at Western Mennonite, 6:30 p.m. Saturday Weston-McEwen at La Grande Tourna- ment, 8 a.m. Pilot Rock at La Grande Tournament, 8 a.m. Irrigon at Sherman Tournament, 9 a.m. Condon/Wheeler at Sherman Tournament, 9 a.m. Umatilla at Salem Academy Tournament, 10 a.m. Nixyaawii at Pine Eagle, 11 a.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 1 p.m. Cove at Echo, 1 p.m. Powder Valley at Echo, 3:30 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Thursday Hermiston at Hillsboro, 4:30 p.m. Friday Redmond at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Saturday La Grande at Mac-Hi, Noon Irrigon at Riverside, 1 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Thursday Hermiston at Sandy, 4 p.m. Pendleton at Redmond, 4 p.m. Friday Nyssa at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Saturday La Grande at Mac-Hi, 2 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Friday Pendleton, Helix, Weston-McEwen, Stanield, Heppner, Umatilla at The Dalles, 4 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Nike Portland, 11:15 a.m. Mac-Hi at Connell (WA) Invite, 12:30 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Montana Tech at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Today Treasure Valley at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Friday Warner Paciic at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday Spokane at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 5 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Thursday Eastern Oregon at Carroll, 1 p.m. Friday Eastern Oregon at Great Falls, 1 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Today Spokane at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Thursday Eastern Oregon at Carroll, 3 p.m. Friday Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 1 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Great Falls, 3 p.m. Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 2 0 0 1.000 54 45 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 59 54 Miami 0 2 0 .000 34 43 Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 38 50 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 2 0 0 1.000 42 26 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 32 40 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 55 73 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 37 65 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 62 32 Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 38 27 Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 39 46 Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 30 54 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 0 0 1.000 55 40 Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 45 46 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 65 47 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 63 69 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 2 0 0 1.000 36 32 Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 58 24 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 46 43 Washington 0 2 0 .000 39 65 South W L T Pct PF PA Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 38 64 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 66 48 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 59 59 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 47 51 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 42 30 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 41 40 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 54 51 Chicago 0 2 0 .000 28 52 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 55 46 Los Angeles 1 1 0 .500 9 31 Arizona 1 1 0 .500 61 30 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 15 19 ——— Thursday’s Game Houston (-1.5) at New England, 5:25 p.m. Sunday’s Games Washington (+4.5) at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Cleveland (+10) at Miami, 10 a.m. Detroit (+7.5) at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Minnesota (+7) at Carolina, 10 a.m. Denver (+3) at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Arizona (-4) at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Baltimore (-1) at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Oakland (+1.5) at Tennessee, 10 a.m. San Francisco (+9.5) at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Los Angeles (+5) at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. San Diego (+2.5) at Indianapolis, 1:25 p.m. Pittsburgh (-3.5) at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Jets (+3) at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m. Chicago (+7) at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Atlanta (+3) at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m. NCAA Top 25 Thursday No. 5 Clemson at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. Friday No. 24 Utah vs. Southern Cal, 9 p.m. Saturday No. 1 Alabama vs. Kent State, Noon No. 3 Louisville at Marshall, 8 p.m. No. 4 Michigan vs. Penn State, 3:30 p.m. No. 6 Houston at Texas State, 7 p.m. No. 7 Stanford at UCLA, 8 p.m. No. 8 Michigan State vs. No. 11 Wiscon- sin, Noon No. 9 Washington at Arizona, 10:30 p.m. No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 17 Arkansas at Arlington, Texas, 8 p.m. No. 12 Georgia at No. 23 Mississippi, Noon No. 13 Florida State at South Florida, Noon No. 14 Tennessee vs. No. 19 Florida, 3:30 p.m. No. 16 Baylor vs. Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m. No. 18 LSU at Auburn, 6 p.m. No. 20 Nebraska at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 87 64 .576 — Toronto 83 68 .550 4 Baltimore 82 69 .543 5 New York 78 72 .520 8½ Tampa Bay 64 86 .427 22½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 87 63 .580 — Detroit 80 70 .533 7 Kansas City 77 74 .510 10½ Chicago 72 79 .477 15½ Minnesota 55 96 .364 32½ West Division W L Pct GB Texas 90 62 .592 — Houston 80 71 .530 9½ Seattle 79 72 .523 10½ Oakland 66 85 .437 23½ Los Angeles 65 86 .430 24½ ——— Tuesday’s Games Boston 5, Baltimore 2 Philadelphia 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3 Texas 5, L.A. Angels 4 Detroit 8, Minnesota 1 Houston 2, Oakland 1, 10 innings Toronto 10, Seattle 2 Wednesday’s Games Houston (McHugh 11-10) at Oakland (Mengden 2-7), 12:35 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 13-2) at Seattle (Hernan- dez 11-6), 12:40 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 7-10) at Baltimore (Jimenez 7-11), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 16-8) at Philadel- phia (Eickhoff 10-14), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 11-9) at Cleveland (Kluber 17-9), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 13-4) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-0), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 11-12) at Texas (Holland 7-8), 5:05 p.m. Detroit (Farmer 0-0) at Minnesota (Berrios 2-7), 5:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 88 63 .583 — New York 80 71 .530 8 Miami 76 75 .503 12 Philadelphia 68 83 .450 20 Atlanta 60 91 .397 28 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Chicago 96 55 .636 — St. Louis 80 71 .530 16 Pittsburgh 75 75 .500 20½ Milwaukee 68 83 .450 28 Cincinnati 63 88 .417 33 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 85 66 .563 — San Francisco 80 71 .530 5 Colorado 72 79 .477 13 San Diego 64 87 .424 21 Arizona 63 88 .417 22 x-clinched division ——— Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Miami 1, Washington 0 Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 10, Colorado 5 San Diego 5, Arizona 2 San Francisco 2, L.A. Dodgers 0 Wednesday’s Games St. Louis (Weaver 1-3) at Colorado (Mar- quez 0-0), 12:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 16-8) at Philadel- phia (Eickhoff 10-14), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Weber 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 14-7), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 17-7) at Miami (Koehler 9-11), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Stephenson 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 9-8), 5:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Kuhl 4-3) at Milwaukee (Nel- son 8-14), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Greinke 12-7) at San Diego (Perdomo 8-9), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Moore 11-11) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Maeda 15-9), 7:10 p.m. WILD CARD STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct GB Toronto 83 68 .550 +1 Baltimore 82 69 .543 — Detroit 80 70 .533 1.5 Houston 80 71 .530 2 Seattle 79 72 .523 3 New York 78 72 .520 3.5 Kansas City 77 74 .510 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE W St. Louis 80 New York 80 San Francisco 80 Miami 76 Pittsburgh 75 L 71 71 71 75 75 Pct GB .530 — .530 — .530 — .503 4 .500 4.5 12. Tony Stewart, 2028 13. Austin Dillon, 2027 14. Kevin Harvick, 2027 15. Kyle Larson, 2026 16. Chris Buescher, 2016 17. Kasey Kahne, 667 18. Ryan Newman, 655 19. Ryan Blaney, 613 20. AJ Allmendinger, 607 21. Trevor Bayne, 604 22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 590 23. Greg Bifle, 510 24. Danica Patrick, 510 25. Paul Menard, 500 26. Clint Bowyer, 465 27. Aric Almirola, 464 26. Dale Earnhardt Jr, 461 29. Casey Mears, 437 30. Landon Cassill, 385 Basketball WNBA Playoff glance First Round Winner advances Wednesday’s Games Phoenix at Indiana, 3 p.m. Seattle at Atlanta, 5 p.m. ——— Second Round Winner advances Saturday’s Game New York vs. TBD, 4 p.m. Sunday’s Game Chicago vs. TBD, TBA Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Toronto FC 13 8 8 47 New York 12 9 9 45 NY City FC 12 9 9 45 Philadelphia 11 11 8 41 Montreal 9 9 11 38 New England 9 12 9 36 D.C. United 7 9 13 34 Orlando City 7 9 13 34 Columbus 6 11 11 29 Chicago 6 13 9 27 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts FC Dallas 15 8 7 52 Los Angeles 11 4 15 48 Colorado 12 5 11 47 Real Salt Lake 12 10 8 44 Portland 11 11 8 41 Sporting KC 11 12 7 40 Seattle 10 13 5 35 Vancouver 9 14 7 34 San Jose 7 8 13 34 Houston 6 11 11 29 GF 44 52 51 49 43 37 39 48 40 35 GA 32 40 52 47 46 49 40 53 46 44 GF 47 51 29 42 45 37 34 37 27 33 GA 39 34 24 42 45 37 37 46 30 37 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Game Chicago at New York City FC, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Montreal at New York, 4 p.m. Orlando City at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Portland at Houston, 6 p.m. FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Seattle at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. New England at Columbus, 4 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Standings Through Sept. 18 1. Martin Truex Jr, 2050 2. Brad Keselowski, 2049 3. Kyle Busch, 2046 4. Denny Hamlin, 2045 5. Joey Logano, 2043 6. Chase Elliott, 2039 7. Matt Kenseth, 2038 8. Jimmie Johnson, 2037 9. Carl Edwards, 2032 10. Kurt Busch, 2031 11. Jamie McMurray, 2030 Upcoming Schedule Sun., Sept. 25 — New England 300, Loudon, N.H. Sun., Oct. 2 — NASCAR Sprint Cup Dover Race, Dover, Del. Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated LHP T.J. House for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Adam Plutko from Columbus (IL). DETROIT TIGERS — Extended their player development agreement with Toledo (IL) through the 2018 season. NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated OF Aaron Hicks from the 15-day DL. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Designated RHP Bud Norris for assignment. Reinstated LHP Alex Wood from the 60-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated LHP Wei- Yin Chen from the 15-day DL. Reinstated RHP Bryan Morris from the 60-day DL and designated him for assignment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Selected the contract of C Josmil Pinto from Colorado Springs (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Promoted Bob Myers to president of basketball operations/general manager, Travis Schlenk to vice president of basketball operations/ assistant general manager, Kirk Lacob to vice president of GSW Sports Ventures/ assistant general manager, and Larry Harris to assistant general manager/director of player personnel. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Released FB Paul Lasike. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Terminated the contract of DL John Hughes III. Waived LB Scooby Wright III. Signed OL Austin Reiter from Washington’s practice squad and QB Charlie Whitehurst. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed S Mykkele Thompson on injured reserve. Terminated the contract of OT Byron Stingily from injured reserve. Signed CB Michael Hunter from the practice squad. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed RB Dexter McCluster. Waived WR-KR Isaiah Burse. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Lonnie Outlaw, DB Keith Lewis, QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson and DTs Brandon Williams and Erik Williams to the practice roster.
